quarter finals however they are coming up against the netherlands. the netherlands have been flying in this competition and scoring goals forfun and competition and scoring goals for fun and that will be a repeat of that world cup final in 2019 that the usa won. so you wonder if the netherlands may feel that this is their time to get one over on the us national team and progress through to the semifinals. sarah with all this porting action for us there in tokyo. thank you forjoining us on the programme. it is worth reminding you in factjust how historic these olympics. it s the first games to be postponed since 1944 and that was because of world war ii. it s also the first olympics taking place during a global pandemic. we caught up with some former olympians in asia, and we asked them what s the biggest challenge athletes will face in the competition this year. music.
think great game for us off and i think the mood of australia as we are think the mood of australia as we are in think the mood of australia as we are in with the beginning with we are in with the beginning with a we are in with the beginning with a lot of the country almost with a lot of the country almost half was in a locked down almost half was in a locked down. and i think the olympics had given down. and i think the olympics had given a little bit of respite from being in those circumstances for the people and a circumstances for the people and a lot circumstances for the people and a lot of people.- circumstances for the people and a lot of people. sport can do that. ian and a lot of people. sport can do that. ian thorpe and a lot of people. sport can do that. ian thorpe the i and a lot of people. sport canj do that. ian thorpe the ability to talk to you and really appreciate your time early in the morning in sydney. speaking to us there and paris 202a perhap
an honourfor a major donor. relatives of a female police officer in the ghor province of afghanistan have told the bbc that she has been killed by the taliban. the olympics and now the paralympics are over but there is still a lot to talk about and plenty of the sporting action. hello, again, 0llie. ithinki sporting action. hello, again, 0llie. i think i have written this before and said it. gareth bale has rescued wales! this has come in their world cup qualifier away against belarus, wales winning 3 2 in injury time. the wales captain opened the scoring with an early penalty as they looked to keep pace with belgium and czech repulblic above them in their group but belarus had the lead by half time. they equalised with a penalty and pavel sedko put them in front. both sides had chances, before bale popped up in injury time for his first competitive hat trick, and that could just be the goal to breath life back in their world cup qulaifying campaign. if they beat estonia at home on wed
the closing ceremony is coming to a close shortly but let s bring you up to date with the biggest sporting action at the last day because it has been a good final hole for team gb which started with a gold medal forjason kenny in the men s keirin cycling event in the velodrome and now makes him the most successful with a total of nine olympic medals in all. in the boxing ring, a gold for love in price the women s boxing middleweight final. she beat china s athlete. price is an amazing athlete and has played football for wales and has played football for wales and is also a former kickboxing champion. also in the boxing ring, irish boxing. kellie harrington won gold after defeating brazil s, sparking wild celebrations at home in dublin and the usa have continued their performance as well. they won gold in the women s final and
to leave the country immediately. thank you. anbarasan ethirajan. to the olympics now and it s the sporting action is drawing to a close on the final day of the tokyo games. here s a look at the medals table as is it stands. with just hours left until the closing ceremony, the united states has overtaken china to take the top spot. the host nationjapan remains in third place. it s been a good day so far for team gb with lauren price taking gold in the middleweight boxing and jason kenny winning the keirin making him gb s most decorated olympian. let s head to the bbc sports centre and speak to gavin ramjaun. good day in boxing for the uk and ireland?